diff --git a/.github/scripts/windows/test_task.bat b/.github/scripts/windows/test_task.bat
index e9ed59c8175f2..cce1d7bb79754 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/windows/test_task.bat
+++ b/.github/scripts/windows/test_task.bat
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ rem generate php.ini
 echo extension_dir=%PHP_BUILD_DIR% > %PHP_BUILD_DIR%\php.ini
 echo opcache.file_cache=%PHP_BUILD_DIR%\test_file_cache >> %PHP_BUILD_DIR%\php.ini
 if "%OPCACHE%" equ "1" echo zend_extension=php_opcache.dll >> %PHP_BUILD_DIR%\php.ini
-rem work-around for some spawned PHP processes requiring OpenSSL
-echo extension=php_openssl.dll >> %PHP_BUILD_DIR%\php.ini
 
 rem remove ext dlls for which tests are not supported
 for %%i in (imap ldap oci8_12c pdo_firebird pdo_oci snmp) do (
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/bug60120.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/bug60120.phpt
index 0236e9e1ea7c7..344e146d6ca60 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/bug60120.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/bug60120.phpt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $php = getenv('TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE');
 if (!$php) {
     die("No php executable defined\n");
 }
-$cmd = 'php -r "fwrite(STDOUT, $in = file_get_contents(\'php://stdin\')); fwrite(STDERR, $in);"';
+$cmd = $php . ' -r "\$in = file_get_contents(\'php://stdin\'); fwrite(STDOUT, \$in); fwrite(STDERR, \$in);"';
 $descriptors = array(array('pipe', 'r'), array('pipe', 'w'), array('pipe', 'w'));
 $stdin = str_repeat('*', 2049 );
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ $stdinOffset = 0;
 
 unset($pipes[0]);
 
+$procOutput = [];
 while ($pipes || $writePipes) {
     $r = $pipes;
     $w = $writePipes;
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ while ($pipes || $writePipes) {
         $written = fwrite($writePipes[0], substr($stdin, $stdinOffset), 8192);
         if (false !== $written) {
             $stdinOffset += $written;
+        } else {
+            die('Failed to write to pipe');
         }
         if ($stdinOffset >= $stdinLen) {
             fclose($writePipes[0]);
@@ -58,12 +61,21 @@ while ($pipes || $writePipes) {
     foreach ($r as $pipe) {
         $type = array_search($pipe, $pipes);
         $data = fread($pipe, 8192);
-        if (false === $data || feof($pipe)) {
+        if (feof($pipe)) {
             fclose($pipe);
             unset($pipes[$type]);
+        } elseif (false === $data) {
+            die('Failed to read from pipe');
+        } else {
+            $procOutput[$type] = ($procOutput[$type] ?? '') . $data;
         }
     }
 }
+foreach ($procOutput as $output) {
+    if ($output !== $stdin) {
+        die('Output does not match input: ' . $output);
+    }
+}
 echo "OK.";
 ?>
 --EXPECT--